EPA Poised To Propose New Reporting Rules For Nanomaterials

摘要

EPA is poised in 2010 to propose a new rule requiring manufacturers of nanomaterials to submit data on production, exposure and available safety information, as the agency moves towards stricter rules in the wake of lackluster results from a voluntary Bush-era initiative.rnThe agency is developing a rule under section 8 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to "establish reporting requirements for certain nanoscale materials," according to the EPA's recently published unified agenda. Manufacturers would be required to provide EPA with information on "production volume, methods of manufacture and processing, exposure and release information, and available health and safety data" under the rule.